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state and local government business
The Digital States Performance Institute (DSPI) hosts an occassional series of webinars on key topics of siginificant relevance and importance to the area of the digital state. Below is a list of archived webinars and links to view them.
To find current or future webinars, please visit the DSPI homepage at http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/dspi.
The Digital States 50 (DS50) is the official podcast of the Digital States Performance Institute (DSPI), providing an audio chronicle of the state of our art. Listen to the archived podcasts below for discussions of the issues confronted by state governments in improving service delivery, increasing efficiencies and assessing performance in doing the public's business.
The DS50 Podcasts are also available on iTunes. Click the following link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=332595879
The Center for Digital Government's Executive Vice President Cathilea Robinett spoke at the CalPERS Office of Public Affairs on Tuesday, July 7. Cathilea presented an overview of social media with a special focus on the role it can play in government. Her presentation was titled "All a Twitter About Web 2.0."
Officials say reorganization will speed up procurement
California IT is huge with its $3 billion in annual expenditures - a virtual goldmine for vendors seeking contracts - and it might soon be under one person: California CIO Teri Takai.
Top Proposal Mistakes
By: Jon Coss, Finish Line Solutions
Veteran sales representatives often claim that "proposals can't win deals, but they can lose them." Their counterparts in proposal management roles are equally adamant in claiming that "garbage in equals garbage out" when explaining their struggles to create winning proposals from substandard sales efforts.
Facts and figures about the bill that blew your market share wide open
When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - the largest federal economic investment ever - it did more than make history. It opened the door to billions of dollars in potential contracts for state and local governments to fill and vendors to seize.